The Energon Pub

by **Rial Vestro** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:32 am

I just found this picture on the home page. http://www.seibertron.com/image/item/dirge/11929/large/

Now can anyone tell me what's wrong with the picture?

Before you answer that I overall thing it's freaking awsome as my first reaction. It's only after I stopped thinking about the overall awsomeness that I took a closer look at it.

Has anyone seen the problem yet?

He's got a G1 reminicent cone head in movie styal which is much like Thundercracker, Skywarp, and sertain remolds/repaints of Starscream. Not an issue.

Coloring is preddy awsome and reminicent of Dirge.

He's even got shoulder vents which not even Starscream's mold has. Verry awsome.

Now the issue if you haven't seen it yet is his head, chest, and right hand. If you look closely it appears that he has 3 different cockpits. I don't understand why they gave him a head mold that looks like it has part of the windshield molded into and a fake cockpit on his chest when it's so obvious that the right hand is the real cockpit section. There's no need for tricks like that when there's no movie design to cheat off of. He seems to have been arbitrarily designed this way for no appearent reason. They could of designed him so that the chest and head pieces do actully form the same way the original does but no they thought he'd look better with 3 cockpits. And I bet his arm is stuck in that bend position because of the vehicle mode kibble on his arm.

Like I said he looks freaking amazing at first glance but some how I doubt he's verry articulate. Something tells me hell end up a display figure posed in that same or simular position. At least he looks better than Thrust... either of them.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:41 am

I actually prefer Thrust over Dirge, but that's just my opinion. Dirge is a little too ugly for my liking.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:13 am

kirbenvost wrote:I actually prefer Thrust over Dirge, but that's just my opinion. Dirge is a little too ugly for my liking.

I also prefer RotF Thrust over RotF Dirge but I like the Dirge figure.

The issue with multiple cockpits and "faking" of the cockpits for transformation was mentioned a while ago. I've come to accept that more often than not, Transformers figures will have seemingly arbitrary design choices. It sucks but it's how things go.

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:21 pm

The short of it all, is that at least Dirge is not a Freakin repaint!!
And i like the Dirge figure, completely different that what we've seen before and the transformation seems to be unique from what i've seen on youtube with peaugh....